520 ADDENDA. 



Page 105. Sebastes marmoratus. 



Specimen b. is now formed into a skeleton. 



d. Fine specimen. Amoy (China). 



e. Fine specimen : half-grown. Amoy (China). 



Page 109. Scorpsena scrofa. 



y. Adnlt. Lisbon. Presented by the Rev. R. T. Lowe. 



S. Twenty inches long. Lanzarote. Presented by the Rev. R. T. 

 Lowe. — This specimen differs from the others in having the third 

 dorsal sjiine elongate, much longer than the second and fourth, 

 one-half the length of the head. In aU the other specimens, 

 except specimen a, that spine is shorter ; and a portion of the 

 diagnosis, therefore, must be altered : " the length of the third 

 dorsal spine is one-third or one-half of that of the head." The 

 soft dorsal fin is composed of nine or ten rays. 



e. Half-grown : skin. From Gronow's Collection. 



Page 110. Scorpsena ustulata. 

 Add to the synonymy : — 

 Loive, Trans. Zool. Soc. iii. p. 2. 



Page 112. Scorpaena cruenta. 



Add to the synonymy : — 

 Scorpaena militaiis, Richards. Trans. Zool. Soc. iii. p. 90. 



Page 115. Scorpaena picta. 



d. Adult : skin. Sea of Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



This specimen, although apparently otherwise not different from 

 the others, presents a long filament above each eye, as has been 

 observed by Dr. Cantor, Catal. p. 41. 



Page 123. Pterois volitans. 



u. Half-grown : skin. From Gronow's Collection. 



Page 124. Pterois kodipungi. 



Add to the synonymy : — 



Pterois miles, Cantor, Catal. p. 42 (not synon.). 



d-f. Adidt and half-grown : skins. Sea of Pinang. — Types of Dr. 

 Cantor's description. 



Page 125. Pterois miles. 



Pterois miles of Cantor is not synonymous with Pt. miles of Bennett, 

 or Pt. muricata of Cuvier. 



The species is distinguished by a broad band of erect spines along 



